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Course Descriptions

 

Pharmacy
  

  • PHAR 7314 General Pediatrics

    3 SCH. PHAR 7314 is a general pediatrics course that includes the pathophysiology, pharmacology, and pharmacotherapy of medical conditions in pediatric population. The course involves discussions of the unique considerations in pediatric patients and applications of the advanced knowledge and skills to optimize care.
    Prerequisite: Completion of the second year professional pharmacy curriculum.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7315 Pharmacy Practice 1: The Profession

    3 SCH. An introduction to pharmacy practice including prescription components and who can prescribe, evolution of practice, history, career pathways, basic ethics and professionalism, education, basic legal issues and responsibilities for interns, health care delivery systems, medication safety, basic drug information, and advocacy/leadership.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7316 Non-Prescription Therapies 1, Immunizations and IPPE

    3 SCH. This course prepares the student to utilize the Pharmacist Patient Care Process (PPCP) to make recommendations regarding over-the-counter (OTC) products in order to prevent and/or treat limited and related specific disorders.The student will focus on improving patient understanding and adherence to treatment with proper referrals to the physician. This course prepares the student to triage the patient to determine immunization needs, prepare and administer appropriate vaccines and provide appropriate after care documentation. This course includes Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) that requires direct patient care service learning.
    Prerequisite: P1 Entry into College of Pharmacy
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7321 Pharmacology of Infectious Disease

    3 SCH. PHAR 7321 is a PY1, 3-hours credit, classroom-based course that through engaging exercises helps students understand: a) fundamental concepts regarding microbiological agents known to cause human diseases b) core principles for use of anti-infective agents and c) implementation of anti-infective agents into patients and health systems. PHAR 7321 builds on selected concepts introduced in PHAR 7411, PHAR 7313, and PHAR 7412 pertaining to infectious conditions and their prevention and management. Comprehension of concepts, principles, and agents is the principal learning outcome for this course. Integration of this course with PHAR 7451 and PHAR 7156 will lead to application of this understanding using techniques and tools reflective of today’s interdisciplinary approach and emerging trends in optimizing patient and population outcomes.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7322 Pharmacogenetics, Pharmacogenomics, and Personalized Medicine

    3 SCH. The principles of pharmacogenetics and genomics and how they relate to personalized medicine including nomenclature; the genetic basis of diseases, drug response and metabolism; biomarkers for adverse drug reactions; toxicogenetics; legal/ethical and economic issues; and implications for managing drug therapy.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7323 Pharmaceutics 2

    3 SCH. The factors influencing absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs in contemporary and investigational dosage forms. Includes modified release oral and parenteral, topical, nasal, buccal, rectal, vaginal, ophthalmic and pulmonary delivery systems; prodrugs; bioequivalence determinations and ratings; and official compendia.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7325 Pharmacy Practice 2: Communications

    3 SCH. An introduction to factors and methods involved in interpersonal communication. Exposure to verbal, written and electronic communication with patients and between health care providers; verbal cues; strategies to facilitate communication with difficult patients and sensitive health situations are included.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7326 Non-Prescription Therapies 2 and IPPE

    3 SCH. This course prepares the student to utilize the Pharmacist Patient Care Process (PPCP) to make recommendations regarding over-the-counter (OTC) products in order to prevent and/or treat limited and related specific disorders. The student will focus on improving patient understanding and adherence to treatment with proper referrals to the physician. Students complete Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to simulate a patient consultation prior to completing actual patient consults in the community the setting. This course includes Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) that requires direct patient care service learning and patient consults.
    Prerequisite: P1 Successful Completion of PHAR 7214 and registration as intern trainee
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7331 Immune Based Diseases and Immunotherapy

    3 SCH. A study of the immune system, immunopathologies, select autoimmune disease and their treatment. Includes a discussion of the basis for immunizations, the immunology of cancer, biotechnology and its application to the production and use of pharmaceuticals, diagnostic agents and advanced therapies.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7335 Pharmacy Practice 3: Pharmaceutical Policy, Public Health and Pharmacoeconomics

    3 SCH. An introduction to pharmaceutical policy, public health and pharmacoeconomics with international comparisons. Includes issues of access to and disparities in healthcare, epidemiology, cost-benefit analysis, emergency preparedness, and policy assessment tools.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7341 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Endocrine/Men & Women’s Health

    3 SCH. A continuation of 7534 concentrating on diseases and treatments involving the endocrine system and male/female health.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7343 Pharmacokinetics

    3 SCH. The mathematical models and the theoretical/practical considerations of drug absorption, distribution and excretion including the models that describe those events in the calculation of dosage regimens for patients with problems ranging from simple to complex and concentrating on dosage calculations for drugs with narrow therapeutic indices.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7345 Pharmacy Practice 4: Evidence Based Practice and Literature Evaluation

    3 SCH. Sources of drug information, drug study design and evaluation, and applied data analysis and biostatistics in the interpretation and critical analysis of biomedical literature needed to develop and utilize evidence-based recommendations for patients and health care practitioners.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7352 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Respiratory & GI

    3 SCH. A continuation of 7534 concentrating on diseases and treatments involving the respiratory and gastro-intestinal systems.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7353 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Neuro & Psych & Pain

    3 SCH. A continuation of 7534 concentrating on treatment of neurologic and psychiatric disorders and acute/chronic pain.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7354 Optimizing Wellness

    3 SCH. The approaches, strategies, and skills needed by pharmacists to optimize wellness in their patients; improve and document changes in outcomes as a direct result of pharmacist interventions; and skills needed to modify behaviors in patients.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7355 Pharmacy Practice 5: Management & Safety

    3 SCH. Pharmacy practice management in both community and health system practice settings including general business, human, financial and operations management; marketing clinical services; persuasion and organization transformation; national patient safety goals related to medication; and quality assurance/risk reduction.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7361 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Hem/Onc/Transplant

    3 SCH. A continuation of 7534 concentrating on diseases affecting the blood, cancer and pharmacotherapy in organ transplants.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7365 Pharmacy Practice 6: Law and Ethics

    3 SCH. The legal, ethical and access issues affecting the practice of pharmacy and regulating pharmacy practitioners. Included are discussions of ethical dilemmas, issues involving team based health care, health insurance and mandates, pharmacy benefit and management programs, and health maintenance organizations.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7370 Special Topics in Pharmacy

    1-3 SCH. Didactic training in biomedical, pharmaceutical, social/behavioral/administrative or clinical sciences.
    Offered On Demand
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7375 Special Topics in Pharmacy Research

    1-3 SCH. Laboratory or literature based research that is conducted by a student under the direction of a faculty member.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PHAR 7411 Physiologic Basis for Pharmacotherapy

    4 SCH. The fundamental aspects of the physiologic basis for pharmacotherapy covering the physiology of the major organ systems of the body including both molecular and organismic function and interrelationships. Physiologic processes that underlie disease process and/or targets of drug therapy are emphasized.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7412 Metabolic Basis for Pharmacotherapy

    4 SCH. The fundamental aspects of the metabolic basis for pharmacotherapy covering the molecular basis of cellular function and control mechanisms, key structural and functional relationships of biomolecules, energy metabolism, and inter-organ relationships in living systems with an emphasis on processes that underlie disease and/or are targets of drug therapy.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7442 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Cardiovascular

    4 SCH. A continuation of 7534 concentrating on diseases and treatments involving the cardiovascular system.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7451 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Infectious Disease

    4 SCH. A continuation of 7534 concentrating on the treatment of infectious diseases.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7534 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Renal

    3 SCH. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology of disorders related to the renal system. The course will contain a mixture of lecture-based didactic teaching and active student learning.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7680 APPE: Elective

    6 SCH. Students may choose elective rotations from the specialized patient care areas such as infectious diseases, psychiatry, oncology, neurology, geriatrics, palliative care, pediatrics, rural pharmacy, or critical care or from the non-direct patient care areas such as state or federal regulatory agencies, state or national organizations, research, managed care, nuclear pharmacy, academia, poison center or drug information. Each student will complete two APPE elective courses.
    Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7681 APPE: Required Rotation: Inpatient/Acute General Care Medicine

    6 SCH. Students are involved in direct care of hospitalized patients in concert with other healthcare providers. This is a required course.
    Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7682 APPE: Community Pharmacy

    6 SCH. Students participate in all operations of a community pharmacy. Students provide pharmaceutical care to community pharmacy patients under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor.
    Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7683 Management APPE Selective

    6 SCH. Students are required to complete 240 experiential hours in either community pharmacy practice management or hospital pharmacy practice administration. Students will be assigned a preceptor that is in a supervisory, managerial, or administrative role. Students will actively participate in process improvement, policy review, patient satisfaction, financial monitoring and management, personnel management, and strategic planning. This course fulfills part of the APPE portion of the curriculum.
    Prerequisite: Successful Completion of APPE: Hospital/Health-system Pharmacy Practice
    Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7684 APPE: Required Rotation: Ambulatory Care

    6 SCH. Students are involved in the direct care of clinic patients in concert with other healthcare providers. This is a required course.
    Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7685 APPE: Hospital or Health System Pharmacy

    6 SCH. Students participate in all operations of a hospital or health system pharmacy. Students perform clinical duties for hospitalized patients under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor.
    Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHAR 7690 APPE: Critical Care

    6 SCH. PHAR 7690 is an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) course for 6 hours of credit that allows students to provide pharmaceutical care to critically ill patients in the hospital pharmacy setting as part of a inter-professional team.
    Prerequisite: PHAR 7681 General Medicine Inpatient Care APPE
    Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
    Letter Grade

Public Health Education
  

  • PHED 5000 CPH Comprehensive Examination

    0 SCH. In this course, students will take the Certified in Public Health (CPH) Exam. The Certified in Public Health (CPH) Exam covers the five core areas of knowledge offered in CEPH-accredited schools and programs as well as crosscutting areas relevant to contemporary public health. The examination was crafted to assess a person’s knowledge of these competencies, regardless of his or her academic concentration.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PHED 5099 Application Based Learning

    0 SCH. This course is designed to complement the student’s curricular experience with application-based learning that is acquired in a professional setting.
    Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
    Non-Graded
  

  • PHED 5197 Professional and Academic Development

    1 SCH. The Professional and Academic Development course is designed to enhance the professional development skills and opportunities for our students through various workshops, sessions, and activities. This course will assist students in defining their career goals, build competency within their profession, and increase their knowledge and skills to excel academically and professionally. Similarly, activities in this course are designed to prepare the student professionally for the MPH Practice Experience in Public Health. Student is required to fulfill certain Professional and Academic Development activities prior to enrollment in MPH Practice Experience in Public Health.
    Offered Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 5297 Practice Experience

    1 SCH. This course provides students with experience in public health practice through directed work in practice settings. The public health practice experience involves different goals and activities aimed at providing opportunities for the student to gain hands-on experience addressing the MPH foundation and concentration competencies. Students are required to commit to a minimum of 600 cumulative hours total over three semesters, earning a minimum of 100 hours each semester of enrollment. Students are required to complete a project that is specific and beneficial to the organization, produce a poster presentation of their and practice experience, complete weekly reflection assignments, and other assignments as detailed in the course. Placements and practice activities are selected to complement the students’ academic and professional goals. Students must attend all required practice experience sessions and obtain approval of their placement before enrolling in the course.
    Prerequisite: Students must be in good academic standing with the university and have completed all required courses during the first year cohort program or have completed at least 21 SCH as an online student.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
  

  • PHED 5302 MPH-PO Capstone

    3 SCH. This capstone course is designed to allow students the opportunity to apply principles, methods and techniques learned in the MPH-PO program to a practical public health problem. All students will participate as members of a team to conduct a project in partnership with a local public health organization that is focused on a public health problem or need. This course is designed to meet the culminating experience requirement for students in the MPH-PO program in addition to the CPH examination.
    Prerequisite: Students must have completed the core and required courses (25 SCH) or permission of the instructor.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 5330 Foundations of Public Health

    3 SCH. This course provides an introduction to the field of public health. The course examines the history, philosophy, values, core functions, and essential services of the field. Attention is given to scientific methods used to describe and assess a population’s health, health promotion and disease prevention strategies, and the use of evidence in advancing public health knowledge. The many determinants of population health are reviewed, including the effects of globalization. In addition, students are exposed to ecological perspectives that connect human health, animal health, and ecosystem health such as One Health.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 5340 Scientific Writing 1

    3 SCH. This course is the first part of a two-course sequence in scientific writing for MS students culminating in the completion of a discovery-based paper that can be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal by the end of the second part. This first part prepares students to critically evaluate scientific literature, conduct a comprehensive literature review, form a research question, apply for IRB approval, and write the Introduction and Methods sections for a manuscript.
    Prerequisite: BIOS 5300, EPID 5300
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 5350 Scientific Writing 2

    3 SCH. This course is the sequel to PHED 5340.  The students will complete the project proposed in PHED 5340 culminating in a discovery-based paper that can be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.  The focus will be on data analysis and writing of the Results, Discussions, and Conclusion sections for a manuscript.
    Prerequisite: PHED 5340
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 5391 Topics for Public Health

    3 SCH. This course is designed to give students up-to-date and important information on topics in public health.  Topics will vary and be relevant to the master degree program’s competencies.  Examples include:  public health program development, public health trends, and emerging public health issues.  Activities are included to promote reflection, application, exploration, analysis and experimentation.  May be taken more than once.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 5395 Thesis

    3 SCH. The thesis requires the student to conduct and prepare the written thesis under the supervision of a faculty committee.  The student must complete an oral defense of the thesis.  The student must maintain continuous enrollment in the thesis hours until the requirements are completed and the thesis is approved by the faculty committee.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
  

  • PHED 5397 MPH Practice Experience

    2 SCH. This course provides students with experience in public health practice through directed work in practice settings. The public health practice experience involves different goals and activities aimed at providing opportunities for the student to expand and practice MPH core and concentration-specific competencies. Students are required to commit 200 hours to the practice experience, complete a special project that demonstrates their ability to define and issue, apply methods appropriate to their concentration, and produce results. Students are expected to produce a written report of project(s) undertaken in the site placement, and prepare a poster presentation of their practice experience. Placements and practice activities are selected to complement the students’ academic and professional goals. Students must obtain approval of their choice of practice placement and plan for the practice experience in the semester prior to registering in PHED 5397. The student must maintain continuous enrollment in PHED 5397 until all the requirements are completed.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 6000 Preliminary Examination

    0 SCH. After completion of the first two semesters of the DrPH program, students undergo a Preliminary Examination. The purpose of the Examination is to determine the extent to which the student has mastered DrPH competencies in seven domains: leadership, advocacy, communication, coalition building, professionalism, cultural orientation, and ethics. Examination responses are evaluated by faculty members serving on the DrPH Committee. Findings from the preliminary Examination are used to identify areas in which the student may require more focused scholarly preparation in coursework, supplemental readings, or supervised practice in the community or a health system.
    Offered Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PHED 6002 Integrated Competency Evaluation (ICE)

    0 SCH. This academic activity, the Integrated Competency Evaluation (ICE), constitutes the final evaluation prior to participation in the DrPH degree program’s culminating experience, the Doctor in Public Health Residency. The ICE affords the doctoral student with the means to demonstrate their level of mastery in each of the required DrPH program competencies: advocacy, communication, community and cultural orientation, critical analysis, leadership, management, and professionalism and ethics. This comprehensive written report includes a personal assessment of competency mastery, documented by examples of higher education and professional education outcomes, as well as, public health work related experiences. A portfolio binder and an oral evaluation may be required. Enrollment requires permission of the DrPH Program Director and Academic Advisor.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete PHED 5000.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PHED 6050 DrPH Professional and Academic Development

    0 SCH. The DrPH Professional and Academic Development course provides students with opportunities to integrate theory, research, and practice. This required co-curricular experience assists DrPH students in developing competencies that strengthen their potential for advanced leadership in public health practice. These co-curricular activities are also designed to prepare the student for the DrPH Residency (PHED 6397). Competency-based learning activities on the DrPH Portfolio focus heavily on three learning outcomes that form the foundation of integrated public health practice: (1) critical analysis of research literature, (2) translation of research findings for diverse audiences, and (3) effective oral and written communication.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PHED 6051 PhD Professional & Academic Development

    0 SCH. The PhD Professional and Academic Development provides students with opportunities to integrate theory, research, and service/practice. Each doctoral student will be required to demonstrate proficiency of the PhD competencies through the successful completion of the Doctoral Professional and Academic Development (PAD) portfolio. The student will continuously expand and enhance the content of their portfolio throughout the doctoral study. This required co-curricular experience assists PhD students in developing and strengthening core program competencies.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
  

  • PHED 6117 Seminar in Public Health Practice

    1 SCH. This seminar course provides students an opportunity to link academic work in public health leadership, management, and ethics with application to public health practice and to prepare the learner for a leadership role in public health. The course will address numerous aspects of public health practice, including innovative interventions aimed at improving the health of the community, the integration and application of new knowledge and theory, analytical and critical thinking, problem solving skills and proper implementation strategies. This will be accomplished through directed readings, presentation by faculty and invited guests, case analysis. May be repeated for credit.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete PHED 6314 or get the permission of the chair of the PhD Program Committee or the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (via an override in the system, not a permission number).
    Offered Fall
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PHED 6118 Methods for Public Health Studies 2

    1 SCH. This course is the sequel to PHED 6314. The students will complete the project proposed in PHED 6314 culminating in a manuscript submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication. The focus will be on data analysis and writing of the Results, Discussion, and Conclusion sections for the manuscript.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete PHED 6314 or get the permission of the chair of the PhD Program Committee or the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (via an override in the system, not a permission number).
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 6122 Professional Development in Public Health Practice 1

    1 SCH. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to effectively integrate science into public health practice, address important public health issues, and demonstrate leadership in working with public health teams and community partners. Improvement in key DrPH program competencies are addressed, with a particular focus on the following skills: professional interaction, oral and written communication, team building, negotiation and conflict resolution, consensus building, collaboration, organizational learning, persuasion, and meeting facilitation. Professional Development 1 must be completed in the first fall semester of the DrPH program. Enrollment requires permission of the DrPH Program Director.
    Offered Fall
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PHED 6124 Professional Development in Public Health Practice 2

    1 SCH. This course must be completed in the semester immediately prior to enrolling in the Doctor of Public Health Residency. The primary aims of the course are to prepare for the Doctor in Public Health Residency and the completion of the Integrated Competency Evaluation (ICE). Enrollment requires permission of the DrPH Program Director.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PHED 6314 Methods for Public Health Studies 1

    3 SCH. This course is the first part of a two-course sequence in doctoral research methods for both the PhD and DrPH students culminating in the submission of a scientific manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal by the end of the second part. This first part prepares students to critically evaluate scientific literature, conduct a comprehensive literature review, form a research question, apply for IRB approval, and write the Introduction and Methods sections for a manuscript.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BIOS 5300 or BIOS 5301and EPID 5300.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 6316 Advanced Program Design and Evaluation for Public Health Practice

    3 SCH. This course expands the knowledge and skills required to plan, develop, implement, manage and evaluate programs appropriate to a variety of public health practice settings. The focus is on evidence-based applications and draws on appropriate theories and models. The DrPH competencies addressed include: advocacy, communication, community and cultural orientation, critical analysis, leadership, management, and professionalism and ethics. As appropriate, partnerships with community-based organizations and agencies are included.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BACH 5300, BIOS 5300, EPID 5300, HMAP 5300 or obtain permission from the instructor.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 6320 Grant Writing & Grantsmanship

    3 SCH. Students will demonstrate competence in a specific area of public health science as evidenced by writing, presenting and defending a research grant proposal. This course address key aspects of grant writing including these key skills: developing specific aims, writing research plans, creating budgets, and obtaining IRB approval. This is accomplished by a variety of activities, including, but not limited to: review of literature, presentations and discussions of grant writing strategies, and individual mentoring. 
    Prerequisite: PHED 5340, PHED 5350
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 6321 College Teaching in Academic Public Health

    3 SCH. This course provides advanced doctoral students with skills and theory for successful teaching at the University level. This course is to develop students for the faculty role. We will explore philosophical and practical issues related to course preparation, delivery, and evaluation. The course includes readings, class discussions, and student teaching performance in outside classes. Online module development and delivery is also required. At the completion of the course, students will have a portfolio that highlights skills with basic components including: a detailed set of plans for a specific course, online modules, and a statement of teaching philosophy.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 6325 Evidence Based Public Health

    3 SCH. This course focuses on critical analysis and communication of scientific evidence in public health practice. Students will demonstrate their ability to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of evidence in specific practice areas through assigned readings, writing projects, and oral defenses. Course activities will require students to persuasively defend their appraisals of research literature and associated public health practice strategies.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BACH 5300, BIOS 5300, EPID 5300, EOHS 5300, HMAP 5300, PHED 6118 or obtain permission of instructor.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 6391 Advanced Topics for Public Health

    1-3 SCH. This course is designed to give students up-to-date and advanced information on topics in public health. Topics will vary and be relevant to the doctoral programs competencies. Examples include: public health program development, research and/or practice trends, and the translation and dissemination of public health research. Activities are included to promote reflection, application, exploration, analysis, and experimentation. May be taken more than once. Enrollment requires permission of Academic Advisor and Instructor.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHED 6397 Doctor in Public Health Residency

    3 SCH. This academic activity provides DrPH students with leadership experience in public health practice through directed work in practice settings. Students are required to commit a substantial number of hours to the residency experience and produce a final doctoral project that relates to the work conducted within the residency, contributes to the field of public health practice, and meets DrPH program competencies. Placements and practice activities are selected to complement the student’s academic and professional plans. The DrPH residency may be completed over the period of two or three semesters with approval of academic advisor. The student must maintain continuous enrollment in PHED 6397 until the requirements are complete; a minimum of 9 SCH is required.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PHED 6399 Doctoral Independent Study in Public Health

    1-3 SCH. This academic activity includes research and other scholarly projects carried out by the student under supervision of a School of Public Health faculty member (instructor). A brief proposal should be written and approved by the academic advisor and a final report should be submitted to the supervising instructor for credit. Topical or project work is chosen by the student with the consent of the supervising instructor and approval from the academic advisor. This course may be repeated for credit. Offered each semester.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacotherapy
  

  • PSPT 6100 Independent Topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacotherapy (PSPT)

    1 SCH. This elective course will be a journal club offered only in the spring semester for a given school year. In consultation with the course director, each student will select, present and lead the discussion about a recently published research paper that represents a major scientific advancement in the fields of pharmaceutical sciences or pharmacotherapy.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PSPT 6400 Principles of Drug Discovery and Development

    4 SCH. This course is designed to provide graduate students and professional students with a broad knowledge about the processes of drug discovery and development. We blend multiple disciplines to cover researches from preclinical to clinical. Topics covered include therapeutic target identification, drug lead identification and optimization, drug ADME, drug formulation development, preclinical animal studies and clinical research.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade

Pharmacology and Neuroscience
  

  • PHRM 5100 Intracellular Calcium Signaling

    1 SCH. This course is intended for senior graduate students and will cover recent advances in physiology, anatomy, cell biology and molecular biology relevant to intracellular calcium signaling. By the completion of the course, students will have a working knowledge of current areas of interest in research into intracellular calcium signaling.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHRM 5120 Visual Sciences Seminar

    1 SCH. A monthly presentation by a visiting distinguished visual scientist. The seminar will be preceded by a journal check where articles relating to the seminar will be discussed.
    Offered Fall, Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHRM 5140 Seminar in Current Topics

    1 SCH. Specialized weekly lectures on topics of current interest by students, faculty and/or invited speakers. May be repeated for credit.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHRM 5200 Introduction to Bioinformatics

    2 SCH. This course is intended to provide students with an introduction to and use of publicly available bioinformatics websites and tools. The course is offered over an intensive 5 day period and will involve didactic instruction and problem solving laboratories. Students can bring specific bioinformatics questions and problems to be addressed in the class.
    Offered Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • PHRM 5220 Current Topics in Visual Sciences

    1 SCH. This course reviews and emphasizes current research in vision-related sciences. Students are required to participate in presentations and discussion of current articles. Faculty and research staff members may participate in presentations.
    Offered Fall, Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHRM 5300 Neurobiology of Aging

    3 SCH. This course will serve as an introduction to the aging nervous system and age-related nervous system diseases. The course will include lectures by experts in the field of neurobiology of aging and discussion of selected topics in the field. By the completion of the course, the student should have a working knowledge of major issues that drive research in the neurobiology of aging.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Every other Spring - Even Years
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHRM 5350 Introduction to Toxicology

    3 SCH. The interrelationships of natural and synthetic agents to biologic systems are compared with the resulting toxicological response of the organism. Identification of causative agents and determination of limits of detection and safety are discussed. The principles of instrumentation methods and their use in a toxicological laboratory are described.
    Offered On Demand
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHRM 5360 Experimental Toxicology

    3 SCH. Lecture and laboratory experience emphasizes adverse reactions to chemicals and drugs, environmental hazards and analytical techniques for detection of foreign substances in biological fluids and tissues. Includes qualitative and quantitative laboratories, identification of causative agents and metabolic studies of toxic agents. Visits to professional laboratories specializing in toxicology are included.
    Offered On Demand
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHRM 5390 Special Problems

    1-3 SCH. For students capable of developing a problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Problem chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor and department. May be repeated for credit.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHRM 5391 Special Problems 2

    1-3 SCH. For students capable of developing a problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Problem chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor and department. May be repeated for credit.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • PHRM 5470 Neuropharmacology

    4 SCH. In-depth presentations on: 1) mechanisms of neurotransmitter synthesis, storage and release; 2) mechanisms of neuropharmacological agents; 3) molecular and behavioral aspects of Alzheimer’s and aging; and 4) drugs and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Every other Fall - Odd Years
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  • PHRM 6100 Botanical Medicines and Biotechnology

    1 SCH. This advanced course will focus on the use of chemicals isolated from plants and other natural sources for medicinal purposes. A primary goal of the course is to integrate basic research and clinical/industrial findings. Each lecture, following the historical introduction will focus on a specific aspect of natural products research: identification of botanicals, isolation and characterization of chemical components, methods of testing, industry regulations and market barriers and uses. A college level knowledge of basic biology, chemistry, physiology and pharmacology is recommended. The format of the course will be a formal lecture for the first half hour followed by an information discussion for the last half hour. Participation in class discussion is an essential part of the course. Reading assignments will vary from week to week but can include textbook chapters, review articles, journal articles, and seminal or current peer-reviewed research reports.
    Offered On Demand
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  • PHRM 6140 Current Topics in Pharmacology

    1 SCH. Review of current topics in pharmacology including pharmacology of aging, ocular pharmacology, behavioral pharmacology and new drugs on the horizon.
    Offered Spring
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  • PHRM 6200 Mitochondria and Complex Diseases

    2 SCH. Lecture Topics: basic mitochondrial genetics, bioenergetics, and biogenesis; the Warburg Phenomenon and other metabolic alternations of cancer cells; mitochondrial control of apoptosis and cancer; mitochondrial ROS in cancer, mitochondrial genetic alternation in cancer; known mitochondrial diseases; laboratory techniques used in mitochondrial research. Workshop and laboratory: mitochondrial function assays; mitochondrial genetic assays to include quantification and mutation detection.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Spring
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  • PHRM 6270 Drug Discovery and Design

    2 SCH. Introduction to combinatorial chemistry, multi-compound based technologies, and their use in screening bioassays to discover lead compounds. Concepts of design and synthesis of compound libraries, pharmacological assay development, instrumentation, data interpretation, biological target selection, lead optimization, structure-based drug design and drug-likeness will be discussed. Student must have completed undergraduate general and organic chemistry or equivalent (instructor approved.)
    Offered Every other Fall - Even Years
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  • PHRM 6280 Current Strategies and Challenges in Drug Discovery

    2 SCH. Students will acquire up-to-date knowledge of the real world challenges and solutions in therapeutic drug discovery and development from early stages of basic research ideas to market. The course offers innovative direct and informative interaction between students and experts at the frontiers of development of novel therapies for challenging diseases and disorders such as cancer, stroke, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury and other neurological disorders. A key strength of the course is course instructors who will include an unprecedentedly broad spectrum of acting and former academic and industrial researchers, physicians, business owners and professionals supporting medical research through private funds and organizations as well as experts in intellectual property rights, patent laws and applications patent officers and attorneys independent of their location in the world. The course will include both live classroom- and skype-based lectures, pre-recorded video conferences and self-learning sessions. A  specific emphasis will be given to hidden and common traps, errors and missteps in the drug development process, lessons from failed pre-clinical and clinical trials and unmaterialized potentials that make promising scientific concepts and business initiatives fail irreversibly. An important driving force for this course is a common lack of understanding that a sound confirmed scientific proof-of­ principle only takes drug developers to the start line from which the marathon of drug development begins. Thus, the course will help students to gain a comprehensive understanding of scientific, fiscal and legal challenges and solutions associated with development of novel therapies.
    Prerequisite: GSBS core courses.
    Offered Every other Fall - Odd Years
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  • PHRM 6320 Advances in Molecular Pharmacology

    3 SCH. An in-depth review of the current literature on modern pharmacology and signal transduction of drug receptors. Oral reports and written reviews required.
    Offered On Demand
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  • PHRM 6330 Advances in Behavioral Pharmacology

    3 SCH. Directed, in-depth study of current research literature with an emphasis on behavioral pharmacology. Oral reports and written reviews required.
    Prerequisite: Student must have completed PHRM 5470.
    Offered Every other Spring - Odd Years
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  • PHRM 6340 Psychiatric Disorders

    3 SCH. This advanced course will focus on the neurological basis of psychiatric disorders. A primary goal of the course is to integrate basic research and clinical findings. All disorders will be discussed at the molecular, cellular, systems and behavioral levels. Each lecture, following the introduction, will focus on a specific neuropsychiatric disorder, including Schizophrenia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Tourette’s Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder. Other lecture specific topics may include various forms of substance use/abuse (e.g., nicotine, alcohol, cocaine/methamphetamine, hallucinogens and marijuana). A college level knowledge of basic chemistry, cell physiology and anatomy is required. The format of the course will be a formal lecture followed by an informal discussion. Participation in class discussion is essential.
    Offered Every other Fall - Even Years
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  • PHRM 6360 Nuc Rec Superfamily

    3 SCH. Members of the Nuclear Receptor Superfamily play a role in a vast array of physiologic processes. Originally discovered as steroid hormone receptors, they are now known to be receptors for such diverse ligands as thyroid hormone and vitamin D. A large number of receptors regulate transcription in the absence of binding hormone, as well, serving as targets of other signaling mechanisms. The course provides an overview of this extensive field. It will include lectures and discussion of structure/functional analysis, mechanisms of action, and examples of diseases associated with nuclear receptor dysfunction.
    Offered Every other Spring - Odd Years
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  • PHRM 6361 Biomedical Mass Spectrometry

    1-2 SCH. Course addresses biochemical methods, qualitative and quantitative bioanalysis, drug discovery and development, biotechnology, pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics and forensics. Special attention will be given to skeletal muscle.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Every other Spring - Odd Years
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  • PHRM 6391 Special Problems in Ocular Research

    1-3 SCH. For students capable of developing a problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the faculty in the areas of visual sciences. Problem chosen by the student with consent of the instructor and department chair.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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  • PHRM 6400 Functional Neuroscience

    4 SCH. This course is intended for second year and more senior graduate students, and will cover all major areas of neuroscience research. By the completion of the course, students will have a working knowledge of all major disciplines of neuroscience providing the basis for advanced courses.
    Offered Spring
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  • PHRM 6401 Visual Sciences I

    4 SCH. Visual Sciences I is designed to provide a broad understanding of the many aspects of visual sciences biology. The course is required for graduate students in the Visual Sciences Program, but the course will also be useful to other graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows interested in learning more about the eye, physiology of the visual system, ocular pharmacology, ocular immunology, ocular microbiology and infection, and ocular pathology. Visual Sciences I will mainly cover the anterior segment of the eye. Each lecture/discussion will be 2 hours, and the course will be taught two days a week. The course will consist of a combination of didactic lectures, classroom discussions, student presentations, and team based learning sessions.
    Offered Spring
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  • PHRM 6402 Visual Sciences II

    4 SCH. Visual Sciences II is designed to provide a broad understanding of the many aspects of visual sciences biology. The course is required for graduate students in the Visual Sciences Program, but the course will also be useful to other graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows interested in learning more about the eye and vision. Topics covered include embryology and anatomy of the eye, genetics. biochemistry and cell biology of the eye, physiology of the visual system, ocular pharmacology. ocular immunology, ocular microbiology, and infection, and ocular pathology. Visual Sciences II will mainly cover the posterior segment of the eye. Each lecture/discussion will be 2 hours, and the course will be taught two days a week. The course will consist of a combination of didactic lectures, classroom discussions, student presentations, and team-based learning sessions.
    Offered Fall
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  • PHRM 6410 Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

    4 SCH. This course presents and introduction to major drugs used for the treatment and prevention of disease. The course begins with an overview of the general principles of pharmacology, including major concepts of pharmacodynamics (drug action) and pharmacokinetics (drug time course, dosing.) The remainder of the course examines the major classes of drugs that modify the functioning of the autonomic, cardiovascular, central nervous, hematopoietic, and endocrine systems; antibiotics and NSAIDs are also covered. Emphasis is placed on the therapeutic use and mechanism of action of major drugs by class. The format of the course is student self-directed study supported by interactive sessions with faculty.
    Offered Spring
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  • PHRM 6440 Methods in Molecular Biology

    4 SCH. An intensive laboratory course designed to give students the expertise to perform basic techniques currently utilized in cell and molecular biology. Techniques will include plasmid preparation; isolation of cDNA inserts from various plasmids; extraction of nucleic acids; agarose gel electrophoresis; Northern and Southern blot analyses; cDNA cloning; sequencing and analysis; PCR amplification; protein gel electrophoresis; and immunoblot analysis. Prerequisite: BMSC 6301 and BMSC 6302.
    Prerequisite: Students must either complete BMSC 5301 and 5302.
    Offered Summer
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  • PHRM 6480 Receptors and Drug Action

    4 SCH. This is an in-depth course of drug receptor pharmacology and receptor classes. Emphasis on techniques for studying receptor function, second messenger signaling and molecular pharmacology.
    Offered Every other Fall - Even Years
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